Been looking for a change for a while, looking at going to Australia or the US, but despite the fact I have many skills to offer, it looks like the USA may well be difficult to get into?.

I know Grant Mishoe ( sp? ) posts here a fair bit, if you are looking Grant, I was one of the Scottish firefighters you coversed with via email etc, during our pay dispute in the UK, when you highlighted our plight on SCONFIRE.

Landy, thanks for the offer of help. Kinda thought about an exchange but not really sure if thats what I want to do. I will look into it.

The US is where I would really like to look into, although from what I have read in a few other threads on here, its almost impossible to break into from the UK because of the restrictions placed upon entry to and working in the country. A pity, but those are the rules I guess.

A couple of our guys from my brigade have done it recently and one of them is out there in Aus now as a full time firefighter as a result of the exchange. Cant remember where abouts he ended up, but he was an ex-member of the same extrication team that won the WRO.